I know a least one possible explanation. With courier-imap version prior to 1.7.0.20030215, when a user remove a folder the maildirsize file is not updated! Therefore, if a user remove a folder (containing a large volume of messages) then you may observe that phenomenon.
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Brian Clark wrote: > I sometimes have the exact same problem. My OS and App environment is > almost exactly the same as yours. The only exception is that I am > running Courier-IMAP 1.5.3. > > I usually just go in and remove the maildirsize file and that resolves > the problem. > > Brian! > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >I've experimented some problem with qmail's quota counting. > >Occasionally some user receives the qmail QUOTAGUARD (threshold is 70%) > >when their Maildir is nearly empty. > >Besides maildisize files sometimes isn't updated when the user receives > >a new mail. > > > >I'm using this environment: > > > >Red Hat Linux release 7.3 > > > >qmail-1.03 > >qmail-ldap-1.03-20020901.patch > >smtp-auth-20020501a.patch > >courier-imap-1.6.1 > >squirremail-1.2.10 > > > >Can anyone help me? > > > >Many thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Brian Clark > Vice President, Corporate Technology > Protocol Communications, Inc. > 1751 Lake Cook Rd. Suite 400 > Deerfield, Illinois 60015 > T 847-236-3414 > F 847-236-3401 > > Michel MINSOUL SEGI, University of Liege B26 - Sart Tilman B-4000 Liege (Belgium) VOICE: +32 (4) 3664977 FAX: +32 (4) 3662920
